"Ouch! Madam Yao! That girl is Xiaofu, right? We haven't seen her for more than a year, and she has grown up a lot!"
Yao Cuiliu didn't know what she whispered to the matchmaker. The matchmaker asked in surprise: "Are you going to take Xiaofu and his three siblings with you when you remarry? If you take them with you, the other party may be picky..."
"..."
"Then it's definitely better to get married without having children..."
"..."
"That's easy. You can remarry alone. She's young and good-looking. I have someone like this..." the matchmaker muttered.
Qiao Xiaofu's heart completely turned cold and he walked towards the county government office.
The teenage girl went to the county government office to write divorce papers for her parents, which made the government officials laugh to death.
It wasn't until Qiao Xiaofu took out the token given by His Royal Highness with a serious look on his face that the yamen servant was so frightened that he knelt down.
"I want to see the county magistrate." After Qiao Xiaofu said that, he rushed inside.
The county magistrate was also stunned when he saw Qiao Xiaofu.
Qiao Xiaofu explained the identities of Qiao Chu and Chen Qingshan in a few words, and finally said: "My father has been missing for three years, and my mother wants to remarry. I am here today to help my mother get the release papers..."
If it were the other child, the county magistrate would have kicked him out immediately, but since this was the niece of the county mistress and General Chen, this matter could not be taken lightly.
The county magistrate asked Qiao Xiaofu: "Where are your aunt and uncle?"
Qiao Xiaofu: "The corner teahouse."
The county magistrate then asked the government officials to invite him.
When Chen Qingshan and Qiao Chu were invited over, they were both shocked: "Xiaofu, have you thought about it? Do you really want to help your mother get the wife's release certificate?"
Qiao Xiaofu exuded an aura of indifference and alienation: "My mother has already found a matchmaker and is planning to remarry. I can't stop her, so I'll give my mother a wife's release letter."
Qiao Chu knew that the talks must have collapsed!
This Yao Cuiliu is really not a thing!
It is not that simple to write the wife's release letter. The county government actually has to go through the final notarization process, which is mainly done by the clan.
So Chen Qingshan drove to Qiaojia Village again and picked up Qiao Dahe, the village chief and clan leader.
Qiao Dahe brought the wife release letter, which also had the red handprints and signatures of several clan elders.
Seeing Qiao Xiaofu with a cold and distant face, Qiao Dahe felt particularly distressed: "Girl, have you thought about it?"
Qiao Xiaofu gave a bitter smile: "Uncle, I told my mother that she is not happy even if I do anything to support her... What else can I do? That's all. If she wants to remarry, let her do it."
It’s okay for a woman who has already remarried privately once to let her go.
Qiao Dahe nodded understandingly and gave the wife release letter to Qiao Xiaofu.
Qiao Xiaofu turned his head and glanced at Qiao Chu. Qiao Chu stepped forward, took her hand, walked a few steps forward with her, and handed the wife release letter to the county magistrate.
The county magistrate asked the paperwork that had been waiting for a long time to complete the process. The county government kept one copy, one for the Qiao family, one for the clan, and one for the Yao family.
After coming out of the county government office, Qiao Xiaofu pursed his lips tightly, looked at Chen Qingshan, and then at Qiao Chu: "Aunt, uncle, uncle, can you accompany me to do something?"
"What's the matter?" Qiao Dahe asked.
"Come with me to see my mother off and back to grandma's house." Qiao Xiaofu's eyes burst out with hatred.
The longing and attachment for his mother made Qiao Xiaofu so sad in the past, but now Qiao Xiaofu feels so hateful in his heart.
Qiao Chu hugged Qiao Xiaofu helplessly: "Xiaofu, have you thought about it?"
"Yeah!" Qiao Xiaofu nodded decisively.
"Okay, I'll accompany you." Deep down in her heart, Qiao Chu actually didn't want Qiao Xiaofu to hate someone so deeply, but she couldn't stop Qiao Xiaofu from experiencing it.
This is Xiaofu's life, Xiaofu makes the decision.
Yao Cuiliu was still bored in her house in the back alley of Yiqian Street when she suddenly heard a knock on the door. Then before she could open the door, the door opened and a bunch of people stood outside.
"You..." Yao Cuiliu was instantly at a loss after seeing who they were.
"Ms. Yao, we just went to the county government office and have already prepared the wife's release letter for you."
Qiao Dahe was more mature after all. In front of Qiao Xiaofu and others, he asked again: "Have you thought about it? You don't care about Xiaofu and his three siblings anymore?"
Yao Cuiliu looked like "I have no ability to support them" again.
Qiao Xiaofu felt irritated when he saw it: "Okay. This is the wife's release letter. You can take your share yourself."
Yao Cuiliu took the wife-releasing letter from Qiao Dahe, with mixed feelings in her heart. She always felt that there was something she had lost forever.
"Pack your things and we'll take you back to grandma's house before it gets dark." Qiao Xiaofu waved his hand.
"Wha...what?" Yao Cuiliu was shocked.
"What? You don't want me anymore, and you don't support me anymore! You're not happy if I support you. If you insist on remarrying, why are you still living here?" Qiao Xiaofu's attitude could be called indifferent. When he looked at Yao Cuiliu's eyes, he was stunned.
It's like looking at a stranger.
Yao Cuiliu's heart felt like being hit by a hammer, and the pain was so painful that she could hardly stand.
She never thought that her eldest daughter, who was so sensible and accommodating to her, would one day drive her away like this.
"Can I ask my aunt to help me collect her things? We have to go on our way!" Qiao Xiaofu said, but after thinking about it, he felt something was wrong, so he went inside to pack Yao Cuiliu's things.
Yao Cuiliu actually didn't have much. When she was kicked out of the Yao family, her mistress gave her ten taels of silver and two changes of clothes, which rolled up into a small bundle.
Qiao Xiaofu settled down after landing: "Okay, let's go."
Yao Cuiliu still couldn't believe it: "Xiaofu, are you... trying to drive me away?"
Qiao Xiaofu then laughed: "Mom, why don't you leave and live here from now on? I'll tell my aunt that you will live here from now on? Don't get married?"
Yao Cuiliu gritted his teeth: "I will live here until..." The word "marriage" came out of his mouth, and Yao Cuiliu always felt guilty.
"You want to live here until you get married?"
"..." Yao Cuiliu couldn't answer.
"I don't agree." Qiao Xiaofu looked at the yard, "This is my aunt and uncle's yard. You were already a concubine. Now you are kicked out of the house and you live here. It is my aunt and uncle who are kind...
…”
"Xiaofu, are you going to drive me away?" Yao Cuiliu looked at Qiao Xiaofu with tears in her eyes.
Qiao Chu sighed in her heart, but said to Yao Cuiliu: "It's not that Xiaofu wants to drive you away. It's that you are here, and Xiaofu feels uneasy. I feel sorry for Xiaofu, and I'm afraid that she will hurt herself when she sees you getting emotional. So.
, if you don’t want to stay with their siblings, you can leave now. If you want to stay with their siblings, of course you can stay.”
"I……"
Qiao Chu took another step back: "If you remarry in the future, and you are willing to take Xiaofu, my sister and my three brothers with you, you can live here as long as you want."
Yao Cuiliu looked at Qiao Xiaofu and saw the hope and desire in Qiao Xiaofu's tearful eyes.
However, after Yao Cuiliu hesitated again and again, he finally said: "I'm leaving."
Qiao Xiaofu pursed his lips suddenly, turned around and wiped his tears: "Auntie, let's go."
Yao Cuiliu carried his baggage and went out and got into the carriage. Qiao Dahe and Chen Qingshan were sitting on the shaft of the carriage, while Qiao Chu, Qiao Xiaofu and Yao Cuiliu were sitting in the carriage.
Qiao Xiaofu sat next to Qiao Chu, looking at Yao Cuiliu's embroidered shoes.
The pair of embroidered shoes are a bit old, the soles are worn a little crooked, and two threads are missing from the uppers...
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
The third update has arrived.
Completed update today.
There will be three normal updates in the next few days, at 8 a.m., 12 noon, and 8 p.m.